Added program to check either number is Evil or Odious (#6958)

added program for evil number
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Taranjeet Singh Kalsi
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package com.thealgorithms.maths;
/**
* In number theory, an evil number is a non-negative integer that has an even number of 1s in its binary expansion.
* Non-negative integers that are not evil are called odious numbers.
*
* Evil Number Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_number
* Odious Number Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odious_number
*/
public final class EvilNumber {
private EvilNumber() {
}
// Function to count number of one bits in a number using bitwise operators
private static int countOneBits(int number) {
int oneBitCounter = 0;
while (number > 0) {
oneBitCounter += number & 1; // increment count if last bit is 1
number >>= 1; // right shift to next bit
}
return oneBitCounter;
}
/**
* Check either {@code number} is an Evil number or Odious number
*
* @param number the number
* @return {@code true} if {@code number} is an Evil number, otherwise false (in case of of Odious number)
*/
public static boolean isEvilNumber(int number) {
if (number < 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Negative numbers are not allowed.");
}
int noOfOneBits = countOneBits(number);
return noOfOneBits % 2 == 0;
}
}